Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our military in recent years and the stresses our forces are under. That damage comes from a variety of factors including budget cuts of 20 , continuing resolutions, the failure to recognize or at least admit and then address mounting readiness problems as well as the shrinking size of the force while keeping the tempo of operations high. There is certainly plenty of blame to go around between both parties
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As the feds make a push to ban it. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening, there are exactly three weeks to go until election day. And with donald trump continuing today to sew seeds of doubt about the integrity of the voting system, president obama jumped into the middle of things, advising trump to stop whining. Trumps conspiracy theories and mantra about a rigg election have c define much of the home stretch of the campaign, along Hillary Clintons daily email embarrassments. If theres a shakeup in the state of this bitter race coming, it could come tomorrow night when the two meet in las vegas for their final debate. Thats where Hallie Jackson leads us off tonight. Hallie . Reporter hi, lester. Donald trumps aides say he spent part of his morning preparing for the final president obamas half brother as one of his guests here tomorrow, a signal everything is now on the table. Donald trump tonight complaining of corruption voter fraud is all too common. Reporter to president obam
Most people work nine to 5 00 and rest. Our people dont to. That we have to to fight for those rights. Twu local 234 president willie brown return to the bargaining table tuesday a afternoon at sheraton in center city. He did not comment leaving thousands of septa passengers wondering how long, this strike will dragon. The at issue Pension Plans and health benefits, with pensions being the strongest sticking point. Eyewitness news has learned that hourly em lease want the opportunity to contribute, fully to a personal pension land, like supervisors are reportedly allowed. Septa released a statement saying negotiators stand ready and willing to continue bargaining while they hepp crippling work stoppage is short lived they have a contingency plan for next week election, saying in part if we foresee an agreement will not come to pass septa intend to seek to even join the strike for november 8th to to ensure that the strike does not prevent any voters from getting to the poles and exercis
Most people work nine to 5 00 and rest. Our people dont to. That we have to to fight for those rights. Twu local 234 president willie brown return to the bargaining table tuesday a afternoon at sheraton in center city. He did not comment leaving thousands of septa passengers wondering how long, this strike will dragon. The at issue Pension Plans and health benefits, with pensions being the strongest sticking point. Eyewitness news has learned that hourly em lease want the opportunity to contribute, fully to a personal pension land, like supervisors are reportedly allowed. Septa released a statement saying negotiators stand ready and willing to continue bargaining while they hepp crippling work stoppage is short lived they have a contingency plan for next week election, saying in part if we foresee an agreement will not come to pass septa intend to seek to even join the strike for november 8th to to ensure that the strike does not prevent any voters from getting to the poles and exercis